It was total sunshine this morning! I dragged Nicole's white butt out of bed and made her take me to the shrine down the road from us! It is the highest point in the river valley and you can see the ocean. Stone stairs lead us to the top where the view was great and ocean breeze was refreshing.It was interesting looking down at our neighborhood and all the rice paddies! We saw a few temple roofs we had never seen so penciled them in for another day.
Our next stop was a Catholic church also on our road. The big find was a cemetery in the back! There we discovered Valencia - she was laying there drying out - her front tooth missing! I believe, as in Italy, you only get your plot for ten years or until the next family member dies. So Valencia was dug up to dry. Isn't she pretty!
We stopped back at the house to make breakfast and feed the kittens. Nicole has been feeding me very well. Breakfast is usually eggs or a grain cereal like oatmeal only spicey with onions, tomatoes and curry leaves! We found a loaf of sourdough in the market and are enjoying that as toast!
We headed out for the old Portugese fort that stands on a high hill at the mouth of the river? It is basically just walls but the views were great and hope you can get the effect in the pictures. We headed south to one of Nicole's favorite beaches. There were many people partying and enjoying the first sunshine in a couple weeks. We had a few beers and hummus on the beach and watched a few German men try to master the art of surf fishing ( Kyle could have schooled them). We got a little sun burned but it is okay because now my mosquito bites don't seem so red and swollen! They say the first ones are the worst then the body stops fighting! I am taking malaria medicine but "they say" the mosquitoes in this clean area are harmless because they have never bitten diseased people!
It was a long day - we came home and Nicole made a delicious beet, cucumber and pomegranite salad. We tried to watch " Who wants to be the next Joseph?" ( and the techicolor dreamcoat). It is British - is it showing there? Not impressed but Andrew LW is on the panel. We were both soon sleeping! I'm not sure who turned the TV off - maybe the cats!
Today Saturday is again sunny. We are getting laundry done along with housework. We must bathe and get ready for our night out on the town. We are going to listen to Elvis again and Nicole has told many friends to come so it will be great fun again! Cheers!
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